United States. Wickersham Commission

The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, popularly known as the Wickersham Commission, was appointed by President Hoover, under provisions of an act of March 4, 1929, to inquire "into the problem of the enforcement of prohibition under the provisions of the eighteenth amendment of the Constitution and laws enacted in pursuance thereof, together with the enforcement of other laws." Each of the 11 commissioners headed a committee that investigated and reported on one general aspect of criminal law enforcement-including prohibition; official lawlessness; the courts; the police; criminal justice and the foreign born; prosecution; the causes, cost, and statistics of crime; juvenile delinquency; and penal institutions, probation, and parole. Disbursements of the Commission's funds were made by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, the functions and records of which were inheritied in 1933 by the National Parks Service. Appropriations for the Commission extended only to June 30, 1931, but its administrative office was not closed until August 1931.

From the description of Records of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (Record Group 10), 1929-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118890